Degree Jobs in Edinburgh

Academic Degree
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 14 24
Rank change year-on-year -4 +10 +1
Permanent jobs citing Degree 112 167 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.56% 11.20% 10.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.95% 53.87% 45.00%
Number of salaries quoted 54 114 136
10th Percentile £25,000 £33,600 £25,000
25th Percentile £25,313 £43,817 £37,784
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,625 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -57.29% +13.21% +17.78%
75th Percentile £45,000 £76,875 £68,202
90th Percentile £59,000 £99,250 £76,385
Scotland median annual salary £51,645 £45,543 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -8.91% +10.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 190 310 500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.30% 20.79% 24.24%
Number of salaries quoted 75 159 225
10th Percentile £25,000 £35,000 £29,864
25th Percentile £25,313 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,249 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year -25.31% +4.22% +25.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,934 £77,715
Scotland median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +16.21%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Edinburgh

Degree
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Degree in Edinburgh

Degree
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Edinburgh

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.46%) SAS
2 3 (2.68%) Apache Solr
2 3 (2.68%) CMS
2 3 (2.68%) Sitecore CMS
2 3 (2.68%) Umbraco
3 2 (1.79%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.57%) Chatbot
2 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.79%) LaTeX
4 1 (0.89%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.61%) Azure
2 11 (9.82%) AWS
3 6 (5.36%) Amazon SageMaker
4 4 (3.57%) GitHub
5 3 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.68%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (2.68%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.79%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.79%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.89%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.89%) GCP
7 1 (0.89%) npm
7 1 (0.89%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.89%) SaaS
7 1 (0.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.46%) Network Security
2 2 (1.79%) DHCP
2 2 (1.79%) DNS
3 1 (0.89%) Firewall
3 1 (0.89%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.61%) Big Data
2 4 (3.57%) MS Access
2 4 (3.57%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.79%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.79%) Tableau
4 1 (0.89%) GIS
4 1 (0.89%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.89%) MySQL
4 1 (0.89%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.89%) Power BI
4 1 (0.89%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (8.93%) Git
2 6 (5.36%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.68%) GitLab
3 3 (2.68%) MSBuild
3 3 (2.68%) webpack
4 1 (0.89%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.89%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 64 (57.14%) Finance
2 47 (41.96%) Banking
3 36 (32.14%) Social Skills
4 24 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (17.86%) Legal
6 8 (7.14%) Front Office
7 7 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.46%) Retail
8 5 (4.46%) Wholesale Banking
9 3 (2.68%) Marketing
9 3 (2.68%) Retail Banking
9 3 (2.68%) Social Science
10 2 (1.79%) Advertising
10 2 (1.79%) Electronics
11 1 (0.89%) Games
11 1 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.89%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.89%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (16.96%) Analyst
2 16 (14.29%) Developer
3 11 (9.82%) Data Analyst
3 11 (9.82%) Graduate
4 10 (8.93%) Senior
5 9 (8.04%) Project Manager
6 8 (7.14%) Data Scientist
6 8 (7.14%) Risk Manager
7 7 (6.25%) Risk Officer
8 5 (4.46%) Data Science Graduate
8 5 (4.46%) Risk Analyst
8 5 (4.46%) Technologist
9 4 (3.57%) Full-Stack Developer
9 4 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (3.57%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.57%) Senior Risk Analyst
9 4 (3.57%) Trainer
9 4 (3.57%) Web Developer
10 3 (2.68%) Audit Manager
10 3 (2.68%) Full-Stack Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.71%) Software Packaging
2 5 (4.46%) .NET
3 4 (3.57%) CSS
3 4 (3.57%) RESTful
4 3 (2.68%) ASP.NET
4 3 (2.68%) Next.js
4 3 (2.68%) Sass
4 3 (2.68%) scikit-learn
4 3 (2.68%) Vue
5 2 (1.79%) ADO
5 2 (1.79%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.79%) Google JAX
5 2 (1.79%) HTML
5 2 (1.79%) JAX
5 2 (1.79%) Node.js
5 2 (1.79%) NumPy
5 2 (1.79%) PySpark
5 2 (1.79%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.79%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.89%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.71%) Algorithms
2 10 (8.93%) Credit Risk
3 8 (7.14%) Learning Management System
4 6 (5.36%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.57%) Life Science
5 4 (3.57%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.68%) Hackathon
6 3 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.68%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.79%) Genomics
7 2 (1.79%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.79%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.89%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.89%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.89%) FPGA
8 1 (0.89%) IoT
8 1 (0.89%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.89%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.46%) Windows
2 2 (1.79%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (48.21%) Mathematics
2 34 (30.36%) Artificial Intelligence
3 31 (27.68%) Analytics
4 27 (24.11%) Statistical Modelling
5 25 (22.32%) Statistics
6 24 (21.43%) Software Engineering
7 22 (19.64%) Cybersecurity
8 21 (18.75%) Fintech
8 21 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (18.75%) Project Management
9 19 (16.96%) Line Management
9 19 (16.96%) Risk Management
9 19 (16.96%) Visualisation
10 18 (16.07%) Agile
11 16 (14.29%) Computer Science
11 16 (14.29%) Data Science
12 15 (13.39%) Data Analytics
13 13 (11.61%) Quantitative Analysis
14 12 (10.71%) Data Extraction
15 11 (9.82%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 39 (34.82%) Python
2 29 (25.89%) SQL
3 12 (10.71%) Java
4 10 (8.93%) JavaScript
5 8 (7.14%) C#
6 6 (5.36%) C++
7 5 (4.46%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.79%) C
8 2 (1.79%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.79%) R
9 1 (0.89%) Go
9 1 (0.89%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 24 (21.43%) Master's Degree
2 20 (17.86%) PhD
3 10 (8.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.57%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.57%) PMP
5 2 (1.79%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.46%) QA
2 1 (0.89%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.89%) GDPR
2 1 (0.89%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.79%) Docker
2 2 (1.79%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.89%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (2.68%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.57%) PayPal
3 3 (2.68%) Google
3 3 (2.68%) IBM
3 3 (2.68%) Optimizely
3 3 (2.68%) Oracle
3 3 (2.68%) Sitecore
4 1 (0.89%) Cadence
4 1 (0.89%) Planview